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Anonymous writes...
Hi Greg! I've been a fan of Gargoyles for two years and even though I may not be as educated about Gargoyles as the next guy, I still love it and want to keep it alive! I wanted to ask you this: 1) where does everyone get all this info on Gargs? That is, where does a Gargie get info about something like "TimeDancers"?? Am I completely clueless or something? Is there a web site where you can get this specific info?? 2) THE BIG ONE: did Disney really kill off Gargs? What I mean by this is are they just testing us, or have they already cancelled Gargyoles altogether???? I doubt they would do that. I can't understand why they would put Gargoyles on the line because something like the Goliath Chronciles failed.
Anywayz...thankx for informing the fans of the stuff that going on in our Gargie universe. Long Live Gargoyles!!!
Greg responds...
1) It depends what you mean. TIMEDANCER was a spin-off that I suggested to Disney that they chose not to make. It was also a single episode that I suggested to Eric Lewald for GOLIATH CHRONICLES that he also chose not to make. I've posted some tidbits about what I had in mind here on "ASK GREG" and in Gore's chatroom. Plus there's an e-mail floating around about my "Master Plan" that I once sent to someone. Ask about it in the Comment Room, and I'm sure someone can give you a link. Basically, TimeDancer is about Brooklyn's adventures in the time stream with the Phoenix Gate.
I'm also aware that there is a fanfic TimeDancer being prepared. I have nothing to do with it, and as far as I'm concerned it's not cannon. But I wish everyone who's working on it well.
2) Again, it depends what you mean. As far as I know, neither Gargoyles or The Goliath Chronicles will be on the air in the U.S. come the fall. If I hear different, I'll let you all know.
Anonymous writes...
Hello Mr. Weisman, Just a few questions for ya: 1. How exactly did Xanatos get all that money? He said it started with the coin, but that was only 40 grand if I remember correctly. What does his company do? 2. Who is your favorite character? 3. Did "Gargoyles" turn out the way you wanted it to?
How about "The Goliath Chronicles?" 4. Why does Demona have that crown?
Greg responds...
1. 20 grand. He invested it well. He built up his company, which is a conglomerate into a lot of different things, including robotics, genetics, media, construction, defense, etc.
2. I really love them all. But the show would never have existed in the form you all know if not for Goliath. He's the prism, the anchor, the beacon.
3. I'm very proud of GARGOYLES. It's far from perfect, and there are still a lot of things I'd fix if I could, but overall it's the show I wanted to produce. GOLIATH CHRONICLES is a different story. I didn't really work on that beyond story editing "The Journey". I regret that now, but I made the best decision I could make with the information I had available at the time.
4. It's not a crown. It's decorative jewelry. She thinks she looks good in it. Do you care to tell her otherwise?
Anonymous writes...
Okay, here's more questions I have: 1. I've already heard somebody ask if Alex was going to be an only child, or if he'd have brothers and sisters.
So I'd like to ask, would Broadway and Angela's son, Samson, be an only child, or would HE have a biological brother or sister? 2. For that matter, were there any plans for Demona to have another child somewhere along the way in the series so that Angela had a biological system? 3. Related to question #2: This caused a bit of a controversy a while back, among some of us fans and I'd like to ask and see if you could give us the final word.
Is Demona, after 1000 years even CAPABLE of having children anymore?
(i.e., does the Weird Sisters "immortality spell" convey true youth to Demona, or only the appearance of youth?) 4. This is something that's been bothering me for a while. In "Reawakening", in the battle at Times Square, there seemed to be hundreds of people in the place looking on. Even though the news never got around to seeing them, I would have thought that the Manhattan clan's cover would have been permanently blown at the end of the first season. Yet, by the begining of the second season, everybody seems to have forgotten everything about the Time Square fight. How could this have happened? Did the Children of Oberon cast a "forgetfulness" spell on everybody in the city, or what?
Greg responds...
1. I'm sure I've answered this. Artus and Gwenyvere are Samson's older biological siblings.
2. "A biological system"? I'm not sure what that means. As to whether Demona would have another kid, the answer is maybe.
3. Yes, she's physically capable of conceiving.
4. No spells. But not everyone got a good look at the combatants. Most were kept at a considerable distance. It was snowing. Visibility was lousy. Cars were flying. When that fire hydrant went off, it further obscured things. Matt got an eyeful, and I'm sure you know he didn't forget it for a second. A few other people probably saw something. But they had no proof. And the clan flew off.
Anonymous writes...
As a viewer in his rookie season...I'm sadden to hear the show's been cancelled...Are you in any of the episodes?
Greg responds...
In them? I'm not sure what you mean. As a lark, I did perform one short bit of voice acting in "Awakening, Part Two". I was the commando who sarcastically said, "Nice mask."
If you're asking if I worked on any of them, then the answer is yes. I created the series (with considerable help) and produced the first 65 episodes with Frank Paur (with even more help). I supervised the writing and story editing of these episodes and provided all of the springboards (again with help).
I wrote and story edited the 66th episode, "The Journey", though I did not produce it. I voice directed everyone's favorite episode "Vendettas".
I was, however, not involved in producing the last twelve episodes of GOLIATH CHRONICLES.
I identify with all of the characters, at least to some extent.
Some of Vinnie's farewell lines in "The Journey" were very intentionally written as my goodbye to the characters and fans.
I'm the oldest of three kids. Robyn is the middle sister. Jon is the younger brother. My wife's name is Beth. My daughter Erin did the voice of Alexander Xanatos in "The Journey". Many of my family's birthdates were used as significant dates in Thailog's life in "Double Jeopardy".
All in all, I guess you could say I was "in" a few episodes.
Anonymous writes...
Throughout the series, the trio has developed dramatically from the innocent threesome we saw in "Awakenings". When I saw "Awakenings," there was the red guy, who seemed to pick up quick on the present lingo, a fat guy who couldn't stop eating, and a short guy who just kinda hung around without any specific purpose. Since then, Brooklyn has been a leader chasing a phantom of love, Broadway became a mystery novel character ever sworn to help others before himself, and Lex became the ever-so-curious technowizard. My question is, when you first conceived the show, did you have these characteristics in mind, or did the three evolve as the show progressed? I mean, I've never seen any show whose storyline continues from ep. to ep. that gave so much attention to the maturing of characters like the trio. I just wanted to know if that was planned, or did they evolve as we all got to know the trio?
Greg responds...
Both. We knew who Brooklyn, Lexington and Broadway were when we started. We knew there potential. We knew Lex was technology-minded. (There was a scene in Michael's original Awakening script where Lex admired a Viking catapult.
Unfortunately, it was cut for time.) We knew Brooklyn would develop into a leader. We knew he was a swashbuckler at heart, on the prowl for love and adventure. We knew Broadway was a sensitive soul, who valued others and could see their essence. I also knew that Broadway was illiterate. I knew that all three had and have a lot to learn about themselves and the world.
Still, knowing all that, a lot of their development was left to serendipity.
The voice actors helped steer their characters without trying. The artists did the same.
When Angela was first introduced, I didn't know who she'd wind up with. But while Gary Sperling and I were working on TURF, we decided that we needed to know. It became immediately obvious to us that although all three young warriors would pursue her (almost automatically), only Broadway would see her for who she really was. Not just a pretty gargoyle. Not just Goliath's daughter. But an individual with strengths and fears of her own. Notice that in TURF, Broadway is the only one of the three who never calls her "Angie". Though he was generally as lost in the competition as the other three, he was still sensitive enough to her body language to have ALREADY recognized that she didn't care for the name.
But I digress. Basically, we strived to evolve all the characters. Not just the Trio. Of course, the guy who changed the most was Xanatos. But even a mope like Vinnie got a chance to evolve. This was all very conscious. I took my lessons from the first five seasons of CHEERS. From HILL STREET BLUES, ST. ELSEWHERE and MAGNUM P.I. Shows like these really explore the potential of series television. What a waste not to take advantage of the format. I hate status quo television. Human beings change with time and experience, why shouldn't characters in series televsion, even if they are Gargoyles? It's very gratifying that you noticed and appreciated our efforts. Thanks.
Anonymous writes...
I do get tired of reading recommendations on the back of `fantasy' genre books that the story is `comparable to Tolkien at its best'. The stories rarely have the sense of history, epic quality or the strong development and twists of character development that, in my opinion, typify the best of Tolkiens work. Very occasionally I come across stories that show storytelling for the art that it should be, most recently probably the Rama series by Arthur C Clarke and Gentry Lee, or Stephen Donaldsons work. It is rare to find well told stories on the television, although I believe that `Star Trek: The Next Generation' has often succeeded in this. I consider that the few episodes of Gargoyles that have been shown in the U.K. also have this quality and because of that I believe that they are important and are stories that need to be told. This quality of storytelling is rare and should not be consigned to obscurity because a company does not believe that it constitutes a marketable product at the time. I appreciate that for contractual and copyright reasons you cannot publish the stories that have yet to be told in Gargoyles, but if you can find the time and energy, please write them down before other projects take your time and creative energy and maybe in a few years time the circumstances will be such that you are able to publish them, even if further animated series are not possible. Thanks for taking the time to listen Paul Oliver
Greg responds...
I appreciate the praise and your intentions, Paul. But, there are two roadblocks to doing what you suggest.
(1) I already don't have the time. I'm a professional writer/producer. I may not be working on Gargoyles right now. But I do have a job (two jobs actually). Plus a wife and two kids that I love to spend as much time with as possible. Plus family, friends and other interests. I can't afford to spend the necessary time to produce materials when I don't have any realistic expectation of payment. At least not now.
(2) I'm a horrible self-starter. I work very efficiently with a deadline.
Without one, I'm horribly lazy. I've been working on the Encyclopedia for years. I could easily have had it finished by now, but I still have seven more episodes worth of material to enter because there's no rush or need.
Don't despair, however. I have a lot of notes. And a fairly good memory for this kind of thing. If the opportunity ever does present itself, I'll still be primed to tell these stories.
Again, if there's a millionaire and/or publisher out there who feels like paying me to finish any of these projects on a deadline, just let me know.
Anonymous writes...
Mr. Weisman, I have several questions for you: 1) Were any other of the characters in the series (i.e. Halcyon Renard, Preston Vogel, etc.) members of the Illuminati Society? 2) Exactly how long were Goliath, Elisa, Angela, and Bronx on their World Tour? 3) In what year (Earth time) did Oberon banish his children from Avalon? Titania said they were gone for 1001 years at the time of "Ill Met By Moonlight," but this meant they probably left in 995 AD, just a little while before Princess Katherine, Tom, the Magus, and the eggs arrived. Am I right? 4) How would the Bad Guys (from your planned spin-off) have been brought together? 5) Did King Arthur Pendragon do anything between "Avalon, Part 3" and "Pendragon," or did Avalon's magic warp him several months ahead in time from when he left Avalon? 6) Is Owen immortal? He's trapped in a mortal body, but he's Puck, the child of Oberon at the core. So is he mortal or immortal? 7) On that subject, are Fox orAlexander immortal, will their half-Child of Oberon heritage just make them very long-lived, or will they have a normal human lifespan? 8) Did Griff happen to stop by London to tell Leo and Una where he was during Pendragon? I would think they'd be sick with worry otherwise since by their perception, Griff would've just come back only to leave again. 9)When did MacBeth learn his skills in sorcery (as shown in "Pendragon")? 10) What were the circumstances of Puck and Demona's first meeting? 11) Since Demona knew that Owen was Puck, why didn't she go after him for revenge for turning her into a werehuman? 12) What's Vinnie's last name? 13) Were there any plans to have Nokkar's alien enemies appear? 14) On the subject of Nokkar, is he an immortal or very long-lived? 15) Did you have any role in the storyline of the Marvel comic book? 16) Were there any further plans for Cu Chullain or the werepanthers? 17) I know someone else asked this, but I'm curious too; what were the plans for the original "comedy" Gargoyles show? OK, I think I'd better stop. Thanks a lot for answering us curious fans' questions!
Greg responds...
1) Not Renard or Vogel.
2) Less than a year.
3) You're right. (See, you don't need me.)
4) Largely against their will.
5) It wasn't months. But he might have had one or two stops.
6) Is Puck immortal? Define your terms. Owen is certainly mortal. But everytime he transforms into Puck and then transforms back, Owen is recreated anew. Puck obviously remembers to include Owen's stone hand for perverse reasons of his own, but I wonder if he remembers to include all the aging that Owen had done since his last transformation back and forth?
Perhaps that slips Puck's mind, and perhaps he always recreates Owen at the same age Owen was when Puck originally fashioned the identity. Only time will tell.
7) Alex, at least, will be quite long-lived -- but whether that will be due to science or sorcery I'm not saying.
8) Griff phoned them long distance.
9) Over the centuries, he studied.
10) Again, I'm not inclined to tell entire stories in this format. Sorry.
11) A "werehuman"? Doesn't that translate "man-human"? Well, never mind.
I know what you mean. Demona learned in "The Mirror" that Puck is more trouble than he's worth. And she shortly learned that there were certain advantages to Puck's gift/curse.
12) In my mind, it was Gregarino. (That's a joke. Sort of.) 13) Yes.
14) Long-lived.
15) I was consulted. I had plans to take over the writing of the book in its second year, and I did write one issue (a missing World Tour story set in the Himalayas and featuring Coldstone), but the book was cancelled before even that one story could get published. My luck.
16) Yes. Especially for Rory and Molly.
17) O.K., I know I've answered this. Please check the archives for this page.
Anonymous writes...
First off, I'd like to thank you for doing this. So thank you. Second off, I have a few questions. 1) What is the correct spelling for Xanatoses building? 2) How did Xanatos mange to get a river flowing through his building hundreds of feet off the ground? 3) How tall is that building, anyway? (besides being tallest in the world) 4) Were there such big plans for the Eye of Odin when it was introduced in "The Edge"? 5) Who wrote the stats from the Gargoyles cards or the Meet the Characters book? I doubt that Broadway really weighs a ton and I know that Elisa is not half Sioux.
6) Who wrote those rediculous names for the videos? Deeds of Deception?
Brothers Betrayed? The Heroes Awaken? Ugh. 7) On a similar note, why was the Awakening video edited? I don't just mean removing sections to compress the story (although I doubt that was neccessary). It seemed like all the background music was replaced and some of the sound effects. 8) How big is the Phoenix Gate? In "High Noon" it was big enough and thick enough to be the size of Macbeth's head. In "Future Tense", Goliath can hold it in one hand and it's flat. 9) Did you plan for the -stone robots to ever rejoin the clan? Actually, did you ever plan to have anyone new join the clan?
10) Did the Maza family know about the Gargoyles at the time of "Kingdom"?
Lexington says that he went to their house and they were as worried as the clan was. 11) What ever happened to that sun amulet thing from "The Green"? It seems like it would have been destoyed with the clock tower.
12) Did the clock tower run? In "Her Brother's Keeper", the clock clearly does turn, but in "Enter Macbeth" Lexington says something like "Maybe I can get thing thing running again." I think I know what your answer will be, but I'd like to know for sure. 13) Why doesn't Claw talk? 14) Would(will) we ever have learned Claw and Fang's names? 15) Where was the rebel hideout in "Future Tense"? It looked like the Labyrinth, but I think Xanatos would have looked there first. 16) Did Oberon repair all the damage he did after "The Gathering"? He mentioned something to that effect, but is he actually that powerful? Not to mention all the people that would die if everyone just fell over asleep like that. I had better stop now.
Maybe ask more questions after you answer this batch. Once again, thanks.
Greg responds...
1) The Eyrie Building.
2) It's not a real river, of course. It's a glorified fountain.
3) Pretty darn tall.
4) Pretty much. The "Eye" was the idea of Patrick Gilmore and his gang at Disney Interactive. They were working on the Gargoyles Computer Game and had created the Eye for that. I liked the idea, and we ran with it. Serendipity played a big part in how we wrote our scripts, but I do believe that we had a unique group of writers, editors and producers poised to make the most of any good idea.
5) I don't know who wrote them. Although, I should say that some of that kind of stuff was given to me or Frank Paur to approve. Some of it.
Sometimes to Frank. Sometimes to me. Sometimes to both of us. Sometimes to neither. We didn't get a lot of consistency.
6) I don't know. I prefer our titles, but theirs don't bug me that much.
7) I thought I answered this, but I can't remember, so here we go again.
We had a World Premiere Screening of Gargoyles at Walt Disney World at the multiplex on Pleasure Island. This was for press and for local kids who were brought in from local schools to fill two movie theaters. We felt that our original five-parter worked great as a mini-series but that it lacked energy when played over two and a half hours on the big screen. So, while Frank Paur worked with one editor to edit the five separate episodes, I worked with a different editor to edit all five episodes down into one eighty- five minute movie. This was done simultaneously, because we had to prepare for the television premiere and the World Premiere simultaneously; they were only a week or so apart.
After the editing was done, the two versions were mixed separately as well.
Frank and our sound supervisor Mark Von der Heide supervised the sound mix for the five episodes at Advantage Audio, where all the rest of the original 65 episodes were eventually mixed. The folks at Advantage are wonderful and did their usual great job. I supervised the mix of the "movie" version at the Walt Disney Studios with Disney's feature film sound people. They also did a great job (in my opinion). But keep in mind, that they were mixing for the big screen. This edited "movie" was never intended for video release.
Never intended for television speakers. I don't know whether that makes a difference or not.
At any rate, there are certain editing and sound choices that I like better in the "movie" version, while there are other choices from the episodes that I much prefer. There wasn't time or money to collate all the best choices into one version.
Later, when HOME VIDEO decided to release their version of the pilot, they were very pleased to hear that we possessed a version that was already edited together without commercial breaks, teasers, etc. I tried to tell them that they were offering LESS for the money by putting out a version that had LESS material than the version that had aired. But they felt that they were adding value with the other stuff they had on and with the tape. A board game, a promotional piece, etc. They didn't feel like spending the extra money to format the episodes into one two and a half hour piece.
8) It's flatish. It's size alters depending on the animators' mood, I guess, but basically it should be about the size of Goliath's hand.
9) The clan would have grown over time. Brooklyn would have returned from his TIMEDANCER adventures with four new members, for example.
Coldstone and Coldfire would have returned eventually too. Whether they would have stayed forever is another story.
10) Lex listened outside their window.
11) It wasn't destroyed.
12) It was an old clock. Sometimes it worked. Sometimes not. Lex fixed it occasionally, but never for very long. I had a story in mind about that, but I never got around to it before we blew the thing up.
13) Emotional trauma.
14) Fang's for sure, if I had done BAD GUYS. Claw's probably.
15) It was in the Labyrinth. And it doesn't really matter whether Xanatos would have looked there, as long as Puck believed that Goliath would buy the Labyrinth as a rebel base. Goliath did buy it. But if he had questioned it, Puck would have made up some excuse and had one of his "characters" use that excuse to convince Goliath. Just like he did when Goliath brought up Demona and Thailog's pairing. Puck/Owen hadn't known about that, so he had "Brooklyn" give the Clone Wars excuse to explain his oversight.
16) I doubt he could be bothered to repair all the damage.
Whew.
Anonymous writes...
Dear Mr Weisman , I'm a Research Biologist and I have a few questions on Gargoyle Reproduction and Physiology that have intrigued me and I would love to have them answered . I'm a cell biologist by trade and it's been a while since I did any sort of Physiology at collage so the questions are pretty basic and should pose no problems . 1. Gargoyles and Humans are of course two separate species but do thay share a similar Chromosomal matrix ( e.g. do both species have the same number of chromosome ) 2. Can Gargoyles and Humans procreate naturally . 3. If the answer to 2 is no can the process be assisted by genetic manipulation . 4. Not wanting to get risky , are humans and gargoyles sexually compatible . 5. What is the average time of gestation for a gargoyle egg from conception to the laying of the egg . 6. What is the average time for a gargoyle egg to hatch . 7.
Can a female gargoyle lay more than one egg per breeding cycle . 8. How long is the time between gargoyle breeding cycles are gargoyle females only fertile for that period ( e.g. 1 clutch of eggs every 20 years ) . 9. Is the gargoyle breeding cycle a matter of chose for the entire clan so their young are born abreast or is it a biological factor that occurs every certain number of years that induces a clan to reproduce at the same time .
10. Dose a gargoyle egg have a soft shell like a snakes egg when it is layed or dose in have a hard shell . Thank you very much for both producing a series that I love dearly and for answering these questions
Greg responds...
1. I don't know.
2. No.
3. Perhaps. I know Sevarius would like to try.
4. That depends what you mean. Could they give each other physical pleasure? Certainly; there are a lot of ways to make love. Do Gargoyles have the same "parts" as humans? Basically, yes. Are they exactly the same? No.
5. Six months to a year.
6. Ten years. And that's not an average. It's ten years flat out, unless there was some kind of magical interference (e.g. the eggs that were taken to Avalon where time passes more slowly).
7. No.
8. A gargoyle female (with sperm from a male) can only lay one egg, once every twenty years. It's one of the reasons that Gargoyles are not a prolific race.
9. It's a biological factor, though there are cultural traditions that have become connected to the timing of mating, laying and hatching over the years. (By the way, Gargoyles have sex more than once every twenty years, but they do not reproduce anymore frequently.)
10. Gargoyle eggs have soft shells when they are laid during a night ritual, but they turn hard at sunrise and stay hard for ten years -- night and day.
11. Hatchlings nurse.
12. Expect hatchlings in 1998 in Ishimura, Guatemala, outside London, etc.
13. Angela won't be fertile again until 2007. And, no, she didn't lay any eggs on Avalon.
Anonymous writes...
Just two questions, as everyone else seems to be asking the questions I want to be answered :-). Anyway, one thing that has bothered me from episode to episode is languages. In 10th century Scotland the clan would have been speaking 10th century Scots Gaelic, yet when they awaken in New York in 1994 they understand and speak perfect Modern English (North American dialect, noless!). Then, when they travel around the word via Avalon, they encounter Japanese gargoyles, Guatemalan gargoyles, and so on.
They communicate with them flawlessly. Now, while I can understand off-screen reasons for this (having to have them learn a new language or something every episode would get unwieldy and ridiculous), my disbelief's bridge of suspension starts to quiver and tremble when a North American who apparently speaks English and probably Hopi communicates effortlessly with the inhabitants of a small Japanese fishing village, maybe one of whom would speak English well, and with an accent you could cut with a spoon.
Second question: You said in a previous post that Demona knew that Puck == Owen. Ummm...How? Is this something that might have been revealed in, say, TimeDancer? Anyway, thanks for your time. Sean simpson_s@scsu.ctstateu.edu
Greg responds...
1) Yeah. The language thing. Well, you got me. We knew we had a problem with the Gaelic to Modern English thing in "Awakening", but we obviously didn't want to deal with it. It is one of the reasons Scotland was chosen in the first place. I wanted a country where English was presently spoken, so that the "error" wouldn't be smacking the audience in the face. England was obvious, but I wanted something that felt rougher around the edges. Scotland summonded the right feeling for me. So we went with Scotland, crossed our fingers and ignored the Gaelic problem, which worked all right with most people. Sorry, it didn't work for you.
As to the World Tour, that is less problematic, so it surprises me that you had more of a problem with it. We toyed with the idea of using sub-titles and dealing with the language barrier in four episodes: "Golem", "Bushido", "Eye of the Storm" and "The Green". Some of us felt the episodes would be enriched by the inclusion, but others disagreed. Particularly my bosses, who pointed out that the youngest members of our audience didn't know how to read and would be missing out on any subtitled dialogue. I felt we could make things clear enough for that percentage of the audience, but there were other arguments that did weigh in very strong for me. 1) It would bog down the stories, wasting precious screen time on problems of objective communication.
2) It would involve substantially more work for my writers, story editors, board artists, film editors, post supervisors etc. Not that we hid from hard work, but we were on a very tight schedule, and this issue didn't seem to merit the extra effort.
3) English, in the modern world, is such a universal language, it doesn't at all bother me that the citizens of Ishimura, Prague, Guatemala and Norway spoke it.
I didn't much like that they spoke it among themselves, however. So even after we had decided against dealing with this (our Gaelic decision, perhaps setting a precedent), we revisited the problem after we did the voice recording of "Bushido". Frank Paur, who had initially felt that we shouldn't deal with the language barrier, changed his mind. He didn't mind that Kai spoke English, but he didn't want Kai (or anyone else) to start speaking English until he heard Goliath and/or Elisa and/or Angela speaking English. At which point, Kai (and the others) would start speaking English out of courtesy. I agreed that that would make the episode better. Problem was, we had already held the voice recording. Rerecording would have doubled that episode's voice expenses. I was prepared to do this and make up the money somewhere else, but my bosses still weren't to thrilled with the idea and said no.
Anonymous writes...
About the Gargoyles Encyclopeida you mentioned. For months I have been getting anything about Gargoyles off the Internet. My Gargoyles folder is huge, I mean it's about to burst here. When do you plan on publishing this encyclopedia? It would sure beat lugging around a huge folder.
Greg responds...
As soon as I find a publisher willing to publish it. Know anyone?
Anonymous writes...
Hi. Thanks once again. 1) In the series "Awakenings," how is it that Elisa is so easy to accept Goliath? After all in "Sentinel" she freaked.
2) Whatever happened to Mace Malone? 3) What does Matt do now that he is an Illuminati member? 4) In certain episodes from season 1 and season 2, the gargoyles are sometimes spotted by several people. How is it that action wasn't taken? Truly all those people couldn't have disregarded them.
5) In "Avalon" part III, I think, King Arthur says that he was awaken too early and that he neither had his knights or Merlin. Later on we learn that he is to search for his friend Merlin. What has happened to Merlin and his knights? 6) Why was it in the TGC episode "Genesis Undone," that the giant gargoyles looked like Coldstone? thanx alot, late
Greg responds...
1) In "Awakening", the first time Elisa met Goliath was after he saved her life. So she was more inclined to listen to what he had to say.
But remember, a few minutes earlier she was about to shoot Bronx. In "Sentinel" Goliath appeared to be attacking her and/or kidnapping her.
That's a very different dynamic.
2) In my mind, he starved to death in the Hotel Cabal.
3) What doesn't he do?
4) Some did. Some didn't. Some reported what they saw, but they had no proof. Gargoyle sightings in Manhattan became something of an urban myth between "Awakening, Part One" and "Hunter's Moon, Part Three". Everyone had a cousin who had a dentist who had a patient who had seen one.
5) Well, most of the old knights are long dead.
Merlin's in his Crystal Cave, of course. But where and what is the Crystal Cave, and if they find it, how will Arthur and Griff get Merlin out, and if they manage that, what kinda mood will Merlin be in?
6) I didn't work on that episode. Ask Scott Thomas.
Anonymous writes...
Hoya! Comments and questions, questions first. In reviewing the response section, I notice you have said that you are working on a Gargoyles Encyclopedia. Do you have a projected release date? Also, do you intend to, or know of anyone who intends to publish novels based on Gargoyles?(presumibly under Disney's imprint)Finally, do you go checking out various Garg' web sites(the more oddball ones that is)? Comments:I notice that Disney is putting a lot of work into the Mighty Ducks series.
It seems to have incorperated elements that made Gargoyles interesting( as well as giving Garg' voice actors something to do:) Something else I notice, what goes around, comes around. The Disney idea people seem to get strapped every once in a while so I'm sure that there will come a time when they will need something new but will be unsure where to turn. (this is speculation. For all any of us know they could have a big file cabnet labeled 'Show prospects') There's a good chance they'll notice a show that already has a built in fan base might be the way to go. Gargoyles 2000?
Maybe. Or we could get stuck with something like 'Galactica '80' Thanx
Greg responds...
I don't have a publisher. I don't know of any publishers interested in releasing any Gargoyles-related material right now. I wish I did. I'd love to publish the Encyclopedia (complete with Timeline). Or a Making of Gargoyles Book or a Gargoyles Companion book or whatever. I'd love to write novels based on the series or its (never seen) spin-offs. I've said this before, so I'm guessing we don't have any interested publishers lurking out there.
I do occasionally check out Web Sites, or at least I used too. It began to get too dangerous, since I do not want to be exposed to original material relating to GARGOYLES such as pictures of original characters or fan fiction.
Anonymous writes...
When you had MacBeth and the weird sisters, was that supposed to be off of Shakespere's MacBeth? After that I ahd to read it and it was almost identicle. A great way to get kids like me reading the good stuff.
Greg responds...
We put a lot of Shakespeare into the series. Some of the Macbeth stuff came from Shakespeare. (The Weird Sisters certainly.) But much of the Macbeth history was taken from actual history as opposed to Shakespeare's version of the legend. In quite a few ways, our Macbeth is historically more accurate than Will's. I'm kinda proud of that.
Anonymous writes...
Was Gargoyles supposed to be a kids show or for an older group like teenagers?
Greg responds...
Gargoyles was intentionally written for the widest possible audience. We felt it worked on many levels. We hoped that kids would like it as well as teens and adults.
(Basically, we all just put together the kind of show we'd like to watch.)
Anonymous writes...
Was Jeffrey Robbins connected with anyone else? besides Hudson, I mean.
Greg responds...
Connected? I'm not sure what you mean.
Anonymous writes...
Wow, that was some great writing in response to the question about why no one seemed to react to the whole City of Stone incident. Your story made it very believable why they wouldn't. But here are my questions: What if someone happened to be taping a TV show off the air when Demona's broadcast cut in, and they ended up with a recording of her casting the spell? Would it have any effect on those that watched it (other than really weirding them out for a few minutes, maybe annoying them because it ruined their recording of Gilligan's Island or whatever, but not turning them to stone)?
Greg responds...
The recording would work as well as viewing the broadcast for anyone who saw it before Xanatos set the sky aflame. The question is whether the recording could start the trouble over again after the sky was done burning. I really hadn't thought of that, but I have to assume the answer is no. Because a lot of people own VCR's, and if that would have worked, we'd certainly know about it by now.
Anonymous writes...
Dear Mr Weisman, I would just like to ask you if Oberons mortal identity is Dr Serviaus after all 'hes got more lives than an alley cat' which was quoted in Monsters, and Oberon is immortal, and He quoted in I'll Met By Moonlight that all the children even him had lived among mortals, if his mortal idenity is not Dr Servauis who is it? Thanks in advance
Greg responds...
No. Oberon is not Sevarius. Sevarius is not Oberon.
And while I'm here: Bronx is not a dog. A dog is not Bronx. Bronx is a Gargoyle Beast. So's Boudicca. Gargoyle beasts and dogs have a few superficial traits in common, but truly a better comparison would be:
A gargoyle is to a beast as a human is to a chimpanzee.
And even that comparison isn't totally accurate. The lifespan of a gargoyle beast is the same as that of a gargoyle.
Anonymous writes...
Hello again Greg. First off, let me thank you for answering my first question. I truly appreciate it. This question is a bit involved, so please bear with me. Is Demona's (and of course, MacBeth's) immortality spell blatant or covert? In the entire series run, one or the other was only blatantly killed twice. MacBeth was run through in "City of Stone", and Demona was hit with a (presumably) lethal electrical charge in "Sanctuary". Although Demona may have died in "Awakenings" and "The Reckoning", nothing was shown, so for the sake of the question, I will assume she simply escaped. To put it best, if Demona were asleep as stone (pre-"Vows"), and someone tried to shatter her, could they succeed? If so, would Demona simply reform later, seemingly unharmed? Or, would events prevent the man from smashing her (ie unforseen delays, sunset comes too quickly, he is distracted, etc.)?
Technically, both prevent her from being "killed", but one is far more subtle than the other. Now, if Demona's immortality is blatant (incredible recovery time), then why hasn't she used it more? Granted, she would still feel pain like anyone else, but why not wade right into the middle of a battle? After all, nothing short of a death-blow will even slow her down, and killing her only delays her and antagonizes her. Whether you can answer or not, thanks for your time!
Greg responds...
I love this question. I don't know if you'll love the answer. Demona isn't sure. Neither is Macbeth. They haven't been hit by something as catastrophic as a beheading (or whatever). Neither, at this stage, are that eager to test it. Now you might ask, why haven't they been hit by something that blatant. Good luck, or is the spell itself somehow preventing anyone from succeeding in that fashion (in a similar way that Goliath was prevented from returning Griff to Una in 1940)? Puts a wicked grin on my face just thinking about it.
Anonymous writes...
If you ever had the chance to do 'Gargoyles' again, would you pick up where 'The Journey' left off (since it was your last ep.) or would you start after 'Angels of the Night' and the acceptance/acknowledgement of the our heros to the human world?
Greg responds...
A very good question. In my dreams, Disney comes to me and says "We want to honor the Gargoyles show by letting you do whatever you want at any budget." In that (completely divorced-from-reality) scenario I fix any little niggling things that bother me in the first 66 episodes, completely ignore everything after Journey and restart there.
But realistically, that's preposterous. GOLIATH CHRONICLES was out there on the air. "The Journey" was one of those episodes. How can I keep one of them as cannon and ditch the rest? I think I'd have to include Goliath Chronicles, but I'd do my best to minimize the "damage" to my plans. The "acceptance" in "Angels" would not be complete. It would be one step in a continuum. Basically, I'd have to force myself to rewatch the last 12 Goliath Chronicles. Identify anything that seemed problematic and deal with each of these things on a case-by-case basis.
Anonymous writes...
Dear Greg First of all, thanks for taking the time to do this.My question is this, in Hunters Moon, we learn that the Hunters are descendents of Prince Canmore.But in City of Stone, part four, Canmore says that he has destroyed Demona's clan, and he thinks that Demona is dead.So shouldn't the hunt have ended when Canmore stabbed Macbeath.And anyway, where would the Kings of Scotland find the time to dress up in masks, and chase Demona all over Europe.
Greg responds...
Canmore had many children. Not all of them became king. In "City of Stone, Part Four" Canmore thought it was over. But he was wrong.
Anonymous writes...
Hi there. You recently said that Demona is in for a "true epiphany" eventually. What exactly does this mean? Will she realize her errors or go mad?
Greg responds...
Maybe a little of both.
Anonymous writes...
Greg this is a very important question...it has been buggin me......... In Long Way Till Morning...Hudson's flashbacks of going into archmages lair with demona and goliath DEMONA SEES A PICTURE OF A GARGOYLE BEING KILLED BY HUMANS....WHO DREW IT AND WAS IT MEANT FOR DEMONA...DEMONA DREW IT DIDN'T SHE,,,,WAT IS THE WHOLE PLAN HERE...I KNOW SOMETHING IS UP??????
Greg responds...
Another question to complex to answer here. Sorry.
Anonymous writes...
In "Ill Met By Moonlight" Oberon said that he had hung around the mortals. How did he? Who was he? I sound like a dope already. I'll leave now.
Greg responds...
You don't sound like a dope. It's a good question, but a thousand and one years is a long time and so there isn't one simple answer to the question. Sorry.
Anonymous writes...
Hi Greg, just to let you know, gargoyles was the greatest show on television and you did a great job on the first two seasons but the third was a little weak and lacked what you had in the first two, I know you didn't have anything to do with the second season except for the first ep which was one of three half decent eps of that season, anyways, my question, ok, in City of Stone Part 1 in the opening scene, the terrorist lady, she said, "Never, our cause is worth any sacrafice". What was the cause, it looked like it was a bank, i am a little baffled at this, it always makes me think when i see that part.
Greg responds...
The terrorist was hitting the bank to get money to fund her cause. That cause wasn't mentioned in City of Stone, because it didn't matter there. The terrorists' role was representative (of Demona). But that specific terrorist would have reappeared in BAD GUYS and her cause would have been revealed there.
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